Present at a press conference before making his first official appearance on the Spurs bench during the trip to Brentford (Sunday, 3 p.m.), Tottenham’s Greek coach Ange Postecoglou confirmed the departure of his English striker Harry Kane, for Bayern Munich: “It must be said that I don’t have a detailed account of the whole affair, but it is fair to say that it has progressed to such an extent that it looks like it is going to happen. It gives us clarity and unless something unforeseen happens, we will move on. (…) Harry and I discussed the first day. He was upfront and honest in saying that if there was a deal he would leave. He wanted the decision to be made before the first game and that’s what I preferred too.
The new London technician also spoke about the club’s policy to compensate for the departure of a scorer with 280 achievements in the white jersey in 435 matches in all competitions. “I don’t think it works that way (giving Daniel Levy a list of goalscorers to get). It’s not like the family grocery list to get milk and bread for the kids. My whole strategy was to say that Harry was unlikely to be there, so it’s not like we had a powwow this morning. I don’t think there is a replacement for Harry. To be honest, we’ve been planning this for a while. It doesn’t take much research to know this was going to happen. Our activities so far reflect this.”
